{"id":1385646,"date":"2026-04-23T15:17:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T12:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/90-billion-euros-in-aid-eu-approves-loan-for-ukraine-and-new-sanctions-against-russia\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T15:17:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T12:17:39","slug":"90-billion-euros-in-aid-eu-approves-loan-for-ukraine-and-new-sanctions-against-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/90-billion-euros-in-aid-eu-approves-loan-for-ukraine-and-new-sanctions-against-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"90 billion euros in aid: EU approves loan for Ukraine and new sanctions against Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The European Union finally unblocked a loan to support Ukraine for 2026\u20132027 and simultaneously adopted the 20th package of sanctions against Russia.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> This <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/i\/status\/2047280519000285359\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">was announced by<\/a> the President of the European Council, Ant\u00f3nio Costa.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;Promised, fulfilled, implemented,&#8221; he said, commenting on the decisions made.<\/p>\n<p> Costa emphasized that the EU&#8217;s strategy for achieving a just and lasting peace in Ukraine is based on two key areas: strengthening Ukraine and increasing pressure on Russia.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;Today we have made progress in both directions: we have unlocked a loan for Ukraine worth 90 billion euros, which will provide financial and military support for 2026-2027. We have also adopted the 20th package of sanctions against Russia, which limits its ability to wage war,&#8221; he noted.<\/p>\n<p> As a reminder, the European Commission expects that <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/kredyt-na-90-miliardiv-ievro-yevrokomisiia-anonsuvala-pershyy-transh-dopomohy-ukraini\/\">the first funds under the new \u20ac90 billion loan package for Ukraine may arrive by the end of the second quarter of 2026.<\/a><\/p>\n<p> By the way, the media reported that the new, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/sanktsii-yes-proty-rosii-ne-mistytymut-kliuchovoi-zaborony-zmi\/\">20th package of sanctions by the European Union will not contain a complete ban on the provision of maritime services to Russian vessels transporting oil and petroleum products.<\/a><\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European Union finally unblocked a loan to support Ukraine for 2026\u20132027 and simultaneously adopted the 20th package of sanctions against Russia. This was announced by the President of the European Council, Ant\u00f3nio Costa. &#8220;Promised, fulfilled, implemented,&#8221; he said, commenting on the decisions made. Costa emphasized that the EU&#8217;s strategy for achieving a just and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":1299910,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76870,76871,76872,76885,76892],"class_list":["post-1385646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-policy","category-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1385646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1385646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1385646\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1299910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1385646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1385646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}